NEW  YORK 


EAR  DISPENSARY, 

N.  W.  CORNER  NINTH  A  VENUE 
AND  ibth  STREET, 


DAILY  CLINIC  AT  TWO  O'CLOCK,  P.M. 


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"Sver'thing  comes  t'  him  who  waits 

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FIRST 


ANNUAL  REPORT 


Board  of  Trustees 


New  York  Ear  Dispensary 


INCORPORATED   APRIL   i2th,  1871. 


Printed  by  The  Major  &  Knapp  Engraving,  Mfg.  and  Lithographing  (Jd  , 
56  AND  j8  Park  Place. 

1873. 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour,  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


Rlv.  B.  I.  HAIGHT,  D.D.,  President. 

EDWARD    WOOD,  Vice-President. 

Gen.  henry  PRINCE,  U.S.A.,  Tre.^surer 


R.  L.  Case, 
Henry  Prince, 
J.  \V.  Alsop. 

ThEO.    R.  \^'ETMORE, 

j.  S.  Marcy, 
Geo.  B.  Pomeroy, 


R.  I.  Haight, 
Edward  \^  ood, 
Samuel  Sexton, 
Whitelaw  Reid. 
j.  W.  Bigelow, 
R,  L,  Case,  jr. 


B.  1.  Haight,  R.  L.  Case,  Jr.  Henry  Prince, 

Geo.  B.  Pomeroy,  Samuel  Sexton. 


^finance  <l\immrttcc, 

Theo.  R.  Wetmore,       |.  W.   Pigftow,  j.  S.  Marcy, 

The  Treasurer  is  ex-officio  a  member  ot  this  Committee. 


Samuel  Sexton,  M.D.  Geo.  B.  Pomeroy,  M.D. 

W.  H.  Katzenbach,  M.D. 
J.  W.  S.  Arnold,  M.D. 

R.   A.   WiTTHAUS,  A.M. 


Austin  Flint,  M.D.  T.  G.  Thomas,  M.D. 

John  T.  Metcalki:,  M.D.        D.  B.  St.  John  Roosa,  M.D. 
Luis  F.  Sass,  M.D. 


(fTrvtifiratr  of  {-ncovpovation 

OK  THE 

NEW   YORK   EAR  DISPENSARY. 


The  luidei'sigiied,  being  of  I'ull  ;iue,  citizens  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  and  a  majority  being  citizens  of  the  State  of 
New  ^'ork,  have  this  day  formed  an  Association,  pursuant  to 
Chapter  Three  Hundred  and  Nineteen  of  the  Laws  of  Eighteen 
Hundred  and  Forty-eight,  and  other  laws,  supplemental  and  amend- 
atory of  said  chapter,  and  hereby  adopt  the  following 

ARTICLKS  OF  INCORPORATION: 

Art.  I. — Tliis  Association  shall  be  known  by  the  corporate 
name  of  "Thi#Nkw  York  Far  Disfexsary." 

Art.  11. — The  particular  business  and  objects  of  this  Associa- 
tion are  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a  Dispensary  in  the 
City  of  Nevv  "^'ork,  for  the  professional  care  and  treatment  of 
indigent  persons  aiiiicted  with  diseases  of  the  car. 

Art.  111. — The  power  of  this  Association  shall  be  exercised  by 
a  Board  of  Trustees,  twelve  in  number.  The  Trustees  for  the 
present  year,  and  until  ihc  first  "  Annual  Meeting"  of  tlie  Associ- 
ation, are : 

K.  L.  CASK.  B.  I.  IIAKiUT,  W.  E.  PRINCE, 

WHITKLAW  KEII).      TIIEO.  II.  WETMORE.     ISAAC  H.  ALLEN. 
J.  S.  MARC  Y,  EDWARD  WOOD,  J.  W.  ALSOP, 

HENRY  SNYDER,        SAMLEL  SEXTON.  GEO.  U.  I'OMEROY. 


In  witness  of  the  foregoing,  tiie  undersigned  have  here  signed 


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their  names  to  duplicate  copies  of  this  Certificate,  this  eighth  da}' 

of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy  one. 

S.  SEXTON, 
JAMES  H.  KNAPP, 
GEO.  B.  POMEROY, 
RUSSELL  WETMORE, 
STEPHEN  WOOD. 

State  of  New  York,  ) 
City  and  County  of  New  York,  j 

This  eighth  day  of  April,  1871,  appeared  before  me,  Samuel 
Sexton,  James  H.  Knapp,  George  B.  Pomeroy,  Russell  Wetmore 
and  "Stephen  Wood,  known  to  me  to  be  the  persons  above-named, 
and  each  severally  acknowledged  the  foregoing  to  be  his  signature 
to  the  before-mentioned  Certificate  and  Articles  of  Incorporation. 

HENRY  DE  PEYSTER, 

Notary  Public, 

New  York  County. 

I  hereby  approve  of  the  aforesaid  organization  and  its  pur- 
poses, and  authorize  the  filing  of  this  Certificate  and  Articles  of 
Incorporation.  j  ^  brady, 

Jusiice. 

State  of  Nev)  York,  ) 
City  and  Cou7ity  of  New  York,  j 

I,  Charles  E..  Loew,  Clerk  of  the  said  City  and  County,  and 
Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  said  State,  for  said  county, 
Do  Certify,  that  I  have  compared  the  preceding  with  the  original 
Certificate  of -Incorporation  of  the  New  York  Ear  Dispnsary,  on 
file  in  my  office,  and  that  the  same  is  a  correct  transcript  therefrom, 
and  of  the  whole  of  such  original. 

In  Witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  subscribed  my  name  and 
[l.s.]  affixed  my  official  seal,  this  13th  day  of  April.  1871. 

CHARLES  E.  LOEW, 

Clerk. 


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State  of  Neiu  York^  \ 
Office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  f  ' 

I  have  compared  the  preceding  with  the  duplicate  original  Cer- 
tificate of  Incorporation  of  the  New  York  Ear  Dispensary,  with 
the  approval  of  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  with  acknow- 
ledgment thereto  annexed,  filed  in  this  office  on  the  twelfth  day  of 
April  1871,  and  hereby  certify  the  same  to  be  a  correct  transcript 
therefrom,  and  of  the  whole  of  said  duplicate  original. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  of  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
State,  at  the  City  of  Albany,  this  twelfth  day  of  April, 
[l.s.]  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-one. 

D.  WILLERS,  Jr., 
Deputy  Secretary  of  State. 


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BY-LAWS 


A  rti  cle  1  — Officers. 

The  Officers  of  the  New  York  Ear  Dispensary  shall  consist 
of  a  President,  Vice-President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  to  be 
elected  from  among  the  Trustees,  and  holding  office  for  one  year, 
or  until  their  successors  are  appointed. 

Article  II —Meetings, 

The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  meet  on  the  third  Monday  in 
December,  March,  June  and  September,  of  each  year ;  and  at  the 
meeting  in  December  the  Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  shall  be 
elected.  But  the  Board  may  meet  at  any  time  on  call  of  the 
President,  Vice-President,  or  Secretary,  or  any  three  Trustees ; 
and  five  Trustees  shall  constitute  a  (luorum  for  the  transaction  of 
all  business,  and  ;i  majoi-ity  vote  shall  decide  all  questions. 

Article  IIT,— Medical  Officers, 

The  Trustees  shall  appoint  such  Medical  Officers  as  they  shall 
deem  expedient,  and  who  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of 
the  Board. 

Article  1 1  ,—A  ttorn  ey. 

The  Board  shall  have  power  to  appoint  an  Attorney,  wlio  shall 
perform  such  duties  as  may  be  properly  required  of  hii 


nn. 


Article  V,— Officers'  Services  Gratuitous, 

The  foregoing  Officers  and  the  Attorney,  shall  perform  their 
duties  gratuitously. 


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Article  VI, — Executive  Committee, 

The  President,  Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  such  Medical  Officers 
<is  may  be  members  of  the  Board,  shall  constitute  an  Executive 
Committee,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  carry  out  the  objects  of  the  Dispensary. 

Article  VII. — Committees, 

At  the  meeting  adopting  these  By-Laws,  and  afterwards  at  each 
jinnual  meeting,  the  President  shall  nominate  the  following  Stand- 
ing Committees  : 

1st.  A  Finance  Committee  of  three,  besides  the  Treasurer, 
who  shall  be  an  ex-officio  member  thereof. 

2d.  An  Auditing  Committee  of  two. 

3d.  A  Committee  of  two  for  each  month  in  the  year,  whose 
duty,  it  shall  be  to  visit  the  Dispensary  during  their  term 
of  service. 

Article  VIII.— Of  the  rresident. 

The  President  shall  be  an  ex-officio  member  of  all  Standing 
<'ommittees. 

Article  IX. — Amendment  of  By-Laws. 

The  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  provided  written  notice  of  the  intended  amend- 
ment shall  have  been  sent  to  each  of  the  Trustees  thirty  days 
previously. 


FIRST    ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 

3i3oarU  of  ^Trusters. 


The  New  York  Ear  Disppjnsary  was  first  opened  for  the 
reception  of  patients  May  25th,  1871,  at  69  West  35th  Street. 

In  June,  1872,  it  was  removed  to  its  present  location,  at  the 
north-west  corner  of  Ninth  Avenue  and  36th  Street. 

In-organizing  this  Dispensary,  the  Trustees  desired  to  fill  the  hiatus 
that  existed  in  this  city  among  tlie  numerous  and  well-managed 
charitable  institutions,  by  establishing  a  charity  which  shonld  be 
exclusively  devoted  to  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  Ear,  thus 
increasing  the  facilities  for  the  relief  of  the  poor,  and  at  the  same 
time  advancing  scientific  medicine  by  offering  to  the  profession  a 
more  exclusive  field  for  observation. 

The  west  side  of  the  city  seemed  to  offer  an  inviting  field  for  a 
Dispensary  of  this  kind,  inasmuch  as  neaily  all  institutions  afford- 
ing medical  aid  to  those  affected  with  deafness  were  situated  on 
the  East  side. 

Although  this  Dispp:nsary  was  the  first  charity  of  the  kind  to 
be  established  on  this  continent,  in  England  and  elsewhere  the 
necessity  had  long  been  recognized.  In  London,  as  earl}^  as 
1816,  the  Royal  Dispensary  for  diseases  of  the  ear  was  founded, 
and  the  Metropolitan  Infirmary  for  diseases  of  the  ear  in  1838. 
The  latter  included  diseases  of  the  head  and  throat.  The  Trustees 
of  the  Nkw  York  Ear  Dispensary  soon  recognized  the  wisdom 
shown  by  the  founders  of  the  Metropolitan  Infirmary  in  treating 
diseases  of  the  throat  in  connection  with  ear  diseases ;  and  they 
have  consequently  established  a  Throat  Department.* 


*  The  Trustees  desire  to  returu  their  thanks  to  Drs.  Wagner  and  Asch  for  much  assistance 
in  inaugurating  the  Throat  Department. 


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By  this  means,  it  is  hoped  tliatmany  cases  where  throat  diseases 
<exist  will  be  cured  before  serious  deafness  occurs,  deafness  being, 
in  the  greater  number  of  csises,  preceded  by  some  disease  of  the 
throat. 

The  Trustees  receiving  no  State  or  City  aid,  rely  entirely  upon 
the  voluntary  contributions  of  the  charitable  ;  and  they  embrace 
the  present  opportunity  to  tiiank  those  who  have  sustained  the 
Dispensary  by  their  donations. 

Since  its  organization,  the  Dispensary  has  been  visited  by  many 
physicians  and  medical  students  with  a  view  to  increase  tlieir 
knowledge  of  aural  diseases. 

Up  to  June  1st,  1873,  three  hundred  and  sixty-four  cases  have 
been  treated  in  the  Dispensary,  a  large  number  being  young 
children.  The  Trustees  would  here  urge  upon  those  who  have 
control  of  our  public  schools  the  importance  of  providing  for  the 
education  of  the  increasing  number  of  deaf  mutes.  In  many  cases, 
particularh"  in  those  who  have  become  deaf  from  crebro-spinal- 
meningitis  no  benefit  is  to  be  derived  from  medical  treatment  ; 
and  many  of  them  will  become  a  public  charge  unless  means  are 
taken  to  educate  them. 

In  conclusion,  the  Trustees  would  respectfully  call  the  atten- 
tion of  the  pilblic  to  the  following  extracts  from  their  Circular 
Announcement,  which  was  issued  in  anticipation  of  the  great  work 
before  them.  Subsequent  events  have  justified  their  sanguine 
anticipations. 

"  The  Trustees  earnestly  ask  for  this  Institution  the  aid  of  those  who  wish 
to  alleviate  the  sufferings  of  the  poor. 

"  Deafness,  and  diseases  whicli  result  in  permanent  and  irreparable  injury 
to  hearing  afflict  a  large  class.  Out  of  every  three  persons  of  from  twenty  to 
forty  years  of  age,  according  to  a  distinguished  European  authority  (Von 
Troltsch,)  one  has  lost  the  full  normal  hearing  power. 

"The  childien  of  the  poor,  either  the  scrofulous  or  those  exposed  to  cold, 
are  great  sufferers  from  ear  diseases,  and  are  much  neglected.  At  school,  in- 
attentiveness  and  supposed  stupidity  are  often  only  the  early  symptoms  of 


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deafness.  Infancy  and  cliildliood  afford  the  saddest  instances  for  sympatlij. 
The  '  running  from  the  ears  '  is  neglected:  '  It  is  only  a  cold  ' — '  the  child  will 
outgrow  it ' — but  when  old  enough  to  talk,  the  child  is  unable  to  frame  words, 
for  it  cannot  hear! 

The  usefulness  and  enjoyment  of  adults  are  destroyed  by  impaired  hear- 
ing, as  well  as,  not  seldom,  the  power  of  self-support.  The  old  are  robbed  of 
social  enjoyment,  caused  constant  suffering  from  confused  noises,  etc,  and  led 
to  needless  distrust  of  family  and  friends,  when  this  condition,  wrongly  attri- 
buted to  the  mere  decay  of  old  age,  is  often  curable, 

"  The  fatal  policy  of  '  letting  alone  '  has  taken  deep  hold  on  all  classes.  To 
the  imperfect  knowledge,  even  in  the  profession,  (which  had  rarely  until  of 
late,  given  S2)ecial  attention  to  the  ear,)  may  be  traced  this  indifference  and 
a'pathy,  which  have  largely  swelled  the  ranks  of  the  dc^pendeut  poor,  filled 
our  asylums,  and  added  to  the  criminal  classes. 

"  To  counteract  this  tendency,  and  to  make  the  recent  and  great  scientific 
advances  in  treating  diseases  of  the  ear  useful  to  the  suffering  poor,  and 
through  them  to  the  community  at  large,  the  Trustees  have  established  this 
Dispensary.  The  Profession  now  recognize  the  fact  that  nearly  all  cases, 
particularly  the  young,  can  be  benefitted  by  treatment.  Over  three  thousand 
are  now  annually  presented  for  treatment  in  this  city,  and  members  of  the 
Profession  believe  not  less  than  twentj^  thousand  are  still  neglected. 

"The  usefulness  of  this  Dispensary  has  been  fully  demonstrated;  and  the 
Trustees  feel  that  to  make  it  at  all  equal  to  the  increasing  demands,  they  must 
ask  aid  of  those  generous  citizens  who  have  never  failed  to  answer  to  the 
calls  of  a  genuine  and  discriminating  organized  charity." 

Funds  may  he  sent  to  the  Treasurer ,  General  Hj£Nry 
Prince,  U,  S»  A.,  Army  Building^  corner  Houston  and 
Greene  Streets;  or  to  any  of  the  Trustees, 


FIRST   ANNAUL  REPORT 

OF  THE 

ittftriral  ^taff  to  tl)r  iJoarti  of  Slfustfes. 


Gentlp:mex  : 

The  Medical  Staff  have  to  Report  that  364  cases  of  diseases 
of  the  Ear  and  Throat  have  been  treated  at  the  Dispensary  since 
it  was  opened. 

Total  number  of  Ear  cases,  -  -  -  -  335 
Total  number  of  Throat  cases,         -       -       -  29 

  3G4 


CLASSIFICATION  OF  DISEASES  OF  THE  EAR. 


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AURICLE. 

Auricle  Sebaceous,  tumor  of    -----       -  2 

"     Eczema,  acute  of,  ......  2 

"  "      chronic  of,  -----  6 

"  "       and  of  head,         .       .       .       .  l 

*'  "  and  of  head  and  face,        -       -  1 

with  favus,   1 

"  "       following  erysipelas,         -       -  1 

"     wound  of        -   1 

abscess  of  -------       -  2 

"     frosted,  -       -  1 

herpes  in  front  of       -----       -  1 

abcess  behind,  -       -  1 


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EXTERNAL   AUDITORY  CANAL. 

Inflammation,  acute  circuniscril)ed,   5 

"     diffused,   13 

"         chronic,         -   4 

"                    with  perforation,    ...       -  1 

"            "       with  granulations,      ....  2 

Impacted  cerumen,   ^- 

"           "       with  foreign  body,         ....  1 

Abscess,        -   1 

Eczema,     -       -       ■       ■       -       ■       *       '       '       -  ^ 

Aspergillus  Nigricans,    -------  1 

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MIDDLE  EAR. 

Inflammation,  acute  suppurative,   15 

"            "         with  perforation,     -       -  9 

"                  of  right  ear  and  chron.  inflamm.,  left,    -  1 

"            "     catarrhal,         -       -       -       -       -  '^3 

"  chronic  suppurative,  with  perforation,  -  -  34 
u              "                            with  nolvnoid  o-r; 


with  polypoid  granulations, 
with  polypus. 


"  "  catarrhal,  

206 

LABYRINTH,   EUSTACHIAN  TUBES,   Etc.  Etc. 

Hyperaesthesia  of  auditory  nerve,  from  sun -stroke,  -  -  1 
Deaf  mutism,  ---------  *^ 

Meniere's  disease,  ^ 

Deafness  from  Cerebral  disease,  J 

Hysteria,  with  tinnitus  aurium,  -  .  -  -  -  ^ 
Deafness,  resulting  from  cerebro-spinal  meningitis,  -  -  2 
Tinnitus  aurium,  ^ 

Abscess  of  mastoid,    -  -  

Neuralgia,  --------- 

Otalgia,  ■       "       "  " 

Otalgia,  from  decayed  teeth,    -       -       -       -  - 
Acute  catarrh,  eustachian  tubes,  with  enlarged  tonsils, 
Chronic  catarrh,  eustachian  tubes,    -       -       -       -  ■ 

Unclassified,    "  '   

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DISEASES   OF  THE  THROAT.* 

(\itarrh,  na  so -pharyngeal,  7 

pharyngeal,        .......  1 

b'oUicular  pharyngitis.  4 

Nasal  polypus,  1 

Pharyngitis,  chronic,    -----                       .  ;j 

Tonsilitis,  acute,  4 

"       with  ulceration,    -------  i 

*'       sub-!Tcute,  1 

Uvula,  elongation  of       ------        -  1 

Pharyngitis  (phthisis,)  1 

chronic,  with  cardiac  hypertrophy,   -        -        -  1 

Acute  inflanmiation  of  soft  palate,  with  great  edema,    -        -  1 

Not  classified,  3 

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*  This  dopartmont  was  only  established  in  April.  1$73. 
OPERATIONS    FOR    EAR  DISEASES. 

Paracentesis  of  nieinhraiia  tympani,         -        -        -        -  13 

Kxtirpatiou  of  ])olypoi(l  growths,          -        -        -        -        -  5 

hu-ision  of  abscess  of  auricle,  ------  2 

Removal  of  foreign  body  from  external  auditory  canal,         -  1 

Incision  and  scarification  of  wall  of  external  meatus,        -  6 

Removal  of  sebaceous  tumor  of  auricle,      .       -       .       -  2 

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OPERATIONS    FOR    DISEASES   OF  THE  THROAT. 

Extirpation  of  enlarged  tonsils,    -----  3 

Amputation  of  Uvula,  1 

4 

'J'otal  operations,        .       -       .  . 


The  records  of  the  Dispensary  show  many  cases  of  cures  which 
would  be  of  interest  to  its  patrons.  Our  space  will  only  permit 
reference  to  a  few.  One  man  aged  seventy  years,  from  Williams- 
burgh,  applied  for  relief,    lie  was  so  deaf  that  Ik-  could  not  hear 


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the  ordinary  voice  even  when  the  speaker  was  standing  by  his 
side.  After  one  visit  to  the  Dispensary  for  treatment,  he  returned 
to  thank  the  surgeon,  and  say,  that  for  the  first  time  in  many 
years  he  could  hear  the  voice  of  his  spiritual  teacher  at  churchy 
which  w^as  to  him  the  most  important  thing  in  life. 

A  little  girl,  aged  ten  years,  without  parents,  suffered  from  a 
discharge  from  both  ears,  of  three  years  duratit)n.  She  was 
gradually  losing  her  hearing,  besides  being  in  danger  of  the  disease 
attacking  the  bones  of  the  head,  and  thereby  producing  death. 
After  six  w^eeks  treatment  at  the  Dispensary  she  was  discharged 
cured. 

Many  children,  from  a  few  months  to  ten  years  of  age  have 
been  treated  for  otorrhea  and  catarrhs,  the  result  being  an  entire 
cure. 

In  many  cases  what  woujd  have  been  serious  disease  has  been, 
by  early  treatment,  avoided. 

Patient  instruction  is  given  in  all  cases  to  the  poor  who  so  much 
need  intelligent  advice  in  order  to  av^oid  the  origin  and  extension 
of  aural  disease.  No  organ  of  the  human  bod}^  suffers  more 
from  neglect  of  cleanliness  than  the  ear. 

The  officers  have  felt  that  their  labors  will  be  recognized  by  the 
public,  and  their  substantial  sympath}'  gained. 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


Henry  Prince,  Treasurer^  in  account  vjith  the  New  York  Ear 
Dispensary. 

CONTRIBUTIONS.  Dr. 

James  Brown   $20  00 

Stewart  Brown   25  00 

Isaac  H.  Allen   25  00 

A.  R.  T\'etniore   5  00 

Theo.  R.  AVecmore   5  00 

Edward  Wood   5  00 

R.  L.  Case,  Jr   25  00 

E.  T.  Titus   10  00 

Samuel  Willets  .   ^.  —   25  00 

B€«j^5%thoTn.  .        i/-.  f^.    10  00 

F.  M.  Weld.  ;   10  00 

Samuel  Sexton   50  00 

John  S.  Marcy   15  00 

F.  Fessenden   10  00 

John  R.  Cecil   5  00 

Charity  (throu^i  Edward  Wood)   10  00 

Geo.  B.  Pomeroy   50  00 

Pitt  Cooke   20  00 

Sinclair  Tousey   25  00 

William  Walter  Phelps   50  00 

Trustees'    Murray  Fund  "    50  00 

Waldo  Hutchins   25  00 

Mrs.  B.  T.  Haight   9  54 

Theo.  B.  Shelton   25  00 

Advanced  by  Trustees.  . .    254  97 

$714  51 


18 

By  Cash :  ' 

Rent  ^384  00 

House  expenses   ^"^'"^ 

Furniture  

Instruments  

Stove   18  75 

G-as  fixtures-   *  "^"^ 

Coal  ^   JO 

Printing,  postage,  &e   "  ' 

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The  Trustees  acknowledge,  in  addition  to  the  cash  donations,  the 
contribution  of  the  following  articles,  which  aided  them  greatly  in 
equipping  the  Dispensary  with  the  necessary  instruments  and 
apparatus. 

Valuable  Laryngoscope,  with  complete  atomizing  apparatus, 
from  Luis  Y.  Sass,  M.D. 

A  large  donation  of  surgical  instruments  from  Tiemax  &  Co. 

.Galvanic  apparatus  from  Louis  Dkkschkk. 

Medicines  from  Caswell,  Hazard  &  Co.,  and  the  Mkthopol- 
iTAN  Drug  Co. 

Printing  from  Bowne  &  Co.,  Major  &  Kxapu,  Spfx-tator 
Press,  and  A.  C.  Harrison. 


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FORM  OF  A  BEQUEST 

TO 

The  New  York  Ear  Dispensary. 

— —  —  •  -  — 

I  bequeath  to  my  Executors  the  sum  of  _  Dollars, 

in  trust,  to  pay  over  the  same,  in  »  _  after 

my  decease,  to  the  person  who,  when  the  same  shall  be  payable, 
shall  act  as  Treasurer  of  "The  New  York  Ear  Dispensary,"  to  be 
applied  to  the  charitable  uses  and  purposes  of  the  said  Dispensary, 
and  under  its  direction.  \ 


